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F. R. GOTTSUHALK.

. FODDER BINDER.

' No. 581394. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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" j A ATTORNEY.

FREDERICK R. GOTTSCIIALK, OF BLUFFTON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALFTO FERDINAND EFFINGER, OF SAME PLACE.v

FODDEREBINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581 ,394, dated April27, 1897.

Application filedOctober 10, 1896. Serial No. 608,477. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK R. GOTT- SCHALK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bluffton, in the county of lVells and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements inFodder-Binders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, and to the figures of referencemarked thereon, which forms a part of this specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in fodder-binders inwhich the fodder is compressed by levers and held co mpressed untilsuitably tied; and the invention consists in the construction and novelcombination of parts hereinafter described,

pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing.

The drawing shows a cross-section taken through the center of a tableand between the two beams to which the compressing-levers are pivoted,the legs and other portions of the table being omitted for clearness ofview.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts. 1

0 In the drawing, 2 is a curved lever which is pivoted and fulcrumed onone of the crossbealns 9 of the table-frame, its lower end beingextended and provided with a frictionwheel 5. The othercompressing-lever 6 is provided on its upper end with notches 7, whichare engaged by a pawl 4, attached to the lever 2, for the purpose ofholding the levers in position when clamping the bundle of fodder. Theother end of the lever 6 is provided with a straight looped end 8, inwhich the wheel 5 of the lever 2 moves and operates the arm or lever 6.The bundle is placed in the space 10 between the two levers and on topof the table. The lower end of 4 5 the lever 2 is preferably bifurcatedvertically, so that the wheel 5 can be pivoted between the bifurcatedends. Oneof the bifurcated ends is broken away in the drawing to bettershow the construction. Both compressinglevers 2 and 6 have their upperends suitably curved to compress the bundle of fodder placed between.The construction provides that they shall be simultaneously operated bymeans of the handle 3, whereby the compression is uniform on both sidesand top of the bundle.

The arrangement for the operation of the looped end lever 6 by the otherone withfriction-wheel renders the device of easier operation, and thepart of applying the power to the looped end lever 6 increases indistance from the fulcrum as the pressure on the bundle is increased,giving increased effect to the compressing-arm.

The mode of operation is obvious from the 6 5- drawing and description.When the upper arms of the levers 2 and 6 are opened, by raising thehandle 3 the bundle is placed in the space 10 between them. The lever 2is then drawn down upon the fodder, and by the connection of its lowerarm and frictionwheel 5 with the looped end of the lever 6 the upper endof the lever 6 is forced against and down upon the bundle simultaneouslywith the movement of the lever 2, and the pawl 4, operating in thecatches 7, holds them in place at any desired point of compression. Thebundle is then tied. with a string or twine in the usual manner.

I have not illustrated the twine or its connection with the levers, assuch construction is well understood by those skilled in the art.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fodder-binder attached to a table or other support, a levercarrying a rollerwheel at its end adapted to move in a slotted bearingon the end of the other compressinglever and operate it simultaneously,in combination withan opposite lever provided with a slotted bearing onits lower end and adapted to be operated by the movement of the saidlever carrying the roller.

2. In a fodder-binder the combination of a cross-beam forming part ofthe table or other support; a compressing-lever provided with afriction-wheel at its lower end and a handle at its upper end, andpivoted to said crossbeam at one side thereof; an oppositecompressing-lever pivoted to the other side of shell compress equallyand simultaneously said cross-beam and provided with EL slotted Witheach other. 10 end adapted to receive and hold movably the In testimonywhereof I affix my signature roller on the other end of thecompressingin presence of two Witnesses.

lever, and provided on its upper end with FREDERICK R. GOTTSCIIALK.notches; and a pawl adapted to engage said \Vitnesses:

notches; the whole arranged to be operated HENRY R. VVORKMAN,

bysaid first-named lever so that the two levers DANIEL XV. BEDDING.

